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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:33 AM Original message |
Is there a spirituality gene? If so, is it adaptive? |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Whether it's adaptive depends on the situation and on the person. |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Have you read "The God Delusion?" |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. When I was in High School, I went to Young Life meetings |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. The way atheists say they "don't understand what spiritual means" |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I don't think atheists are deficient in any way. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Front to back, or laterally? |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What sort of tricks? Dare I ask? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yes, and perhaps |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Pretty snarky |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. In what way do atheists see everything in black and white? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer is a bad thing. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's a perfect example. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. So give it a try |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You still don't see it? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Since you are unable to explain, I'll just assume |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You still don't see it! |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Your own deficiency is clear enough. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Possibly because you haven't shown it. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. "I can't see how it would have any survival advantages." |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Finally! someone with communication skills. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No, we're certainly not early hominids. Unfortunately, |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. That raises an interesting question - is there a legality gene? |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Duplicate - the point has already been made - delete. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Besides what Occam listed, I see a personal survival advantage |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. It's not our fault people use, like, 15 different operative definitions of that word |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Oh for crying out loud. Can we stop with the loaded language, please? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. He is using the "loaded language" |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. And I don't get it. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Jonas Salk believed so. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Well, if Jonas Salk believe it |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm surprised he didn't quote Einstein. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I'm told that educated people have long known that the world is round |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Oh goody |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. One gene? That seems like a ridiculous oversimplification. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was very interested in this several years ago and I decided there is a survival advantage in being |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. Human behavior is NEVER that simple. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. I consider this post to be one of the most intelligent and provocative |
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